Fiber and Inflammation

PSA From Your Gut Microbes:  Enjoy The Holidays, But Don't Forget Your Fiber.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  December 21, 2017. 

It's Not The Heat; It's The Humidity

Humidity May Prove Breaking Point For Some Areas As Temperatures Rise, Says Study.  The Earth Institute At Columbia University.  December 22, 2017. 

World Economic Forum: Life Expectancy Country Ranking

Life Expectancy.  World Economic Forum. 

Why Competition Doesn't Work To Lower Prices In Branded Specialty Drugs

Arthritis Drugs Show How U.S. Drug Prices Defy Economics by Julie Appleby.  KHN.  December 22, 2017. 

Hard-To-Predict Effects Of Republican Efforts To Cripple ACA

Republicans Knock Holes In Affordable Care Act But Don't Demolish The Law by Amy Goldstein.  The Washington Post.  December 25, 2017.  

Virtual Dementia Tour Aims To Increase Empathy For Dementia Patients

Loud Banging, Foot Pain, And Flashes Of Light--My Eight Minutes As A Dementia Patient by Tara Bahrampour. 

Apples And Tomatoes: Can They Restore Lung Damage Caused by Smoking

Diet Rich In Apples, Tomatoes May Help Repair Lungs Of Ex-Smokers, Study Suggests By Brandon Howard.  Johns Hopkins Hub.  December 20, 2017.

US Life Expectancy Declines For The Second Year In A Row

Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.  by Rob Stein.  NPR.  December 21, 2017.

Survey Of Pharma Lobbying

Drug Industry Spent Millions To Squelch Talk About High Drug Prices by Jay Hancock.  December 19, 2017. 

35 Years Of American Death

35 Years Of American Death by Ella Koeze.  FiveThirtyEight.  June 19, 2017. 

Immune Cell Maladaption To Host Tissues May Lead To Disease, Including Crohn's

Dysfunctional Gene May Be Culprit In Some Crohn's Disease Cases.  Scripps Research Institute/Science Daily.  December 19, 2017. 

Mergers Aim To Capture Patients In Competitive Environment

Hospital Giants Vie For Patients In Effort To Fend Off New Rivals by Reed Abelson.  The New York Times.  December 18, 2017. 

Aggresive Screening May Have More Risks Than Benefits For Elderly

Too Many Older Patients Get Cancer Screenings by Liz Szabo/Kaiser Health News.  The New York Times.  December 19, 2017. 

EPA Cuts Could Risk A Public Health Emergency

EPA Cuts Could Risk A Public Health Emergency by Fred Krupp.  CNN.  December 16, 2017, 

Medicine Must Start Caring For The Caregivers

Medicine Must Start Caring For The Caregivers by Marschall S. Runge.  Real Clear Health.  December 18, 2017. 

States Grapple With Repeal Of Obamacare Mandate

How Blue States Might Save Obamacare's Markets by Rachana Pradhan.  Politico.  December 17, 2017. 

List Of Banned Words Alarms Health Leaders

U.S. Health Leaders Alarmed by Report 'Fetus','Transgender' Among CDC Banned Word by Associated Press.  December 17, 2017.

Tax Bill Deals Blow To Science Funding and Resources Including Grad Students

The GOP Tax Plan Would Blow A Hole In American Science  By Julia Belluz.  Vox.  December 11, 2017. 

Nafta-Related Effects?: Obesity And Lessened Child Poverty

A Nasty, Nafta-Related Surprise:  Mexico's Soaring Obesity by Andrew Jacobs And Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  December 11, 2017. 

Diet, Exercise, And Degeneration of Knee Cartilage

Weight Loss Through Exercise Alone Does Not Protect Knees.  Radiological Society Of North America.  November 28, 2017. 

Population of Anericans With Alzheimer's Will More Than Double by 2060, UCLA Study Shows

Population of Americans With Alzheimer's Will More Than Double by 2060, UCLA Study Shows.  UCLA Health.  December 7, 2017. 

Communications Barriers Put Older Adults At Risk Of Medicines, Supplements/Food Interactions

Lack Of Communications Puts Older Adults At Risk Of Clashes Between Their Medicines.  Michigan Medicines/Science Daily.  November 29, 2017. 

Environmental Or Sustainability Impacts Of Diets

How A Nationally Recommended Diet Can Improve The Environment.  University of Leiden/Science Daily.  December 5, 2017. 

Health Care To Your Door

This Company Will Bring Health Care To Your Door, On  Demand by Kaytie Zimmerman.  Forbes.  December 3, 2017. 

Environmental Factors May Explain The Highly Variable Occurence Of Psychosis

Psychosis Incidence Highly Variable Internationally.  University College London/Science Daily.  December 6, 2017. 

Tax Bill Repeal Of Individual Mandate Amounts To Skinny Repeal Of Obamacare

The Tax Bill Is The Start Of Obamacare Collapse by Sarah Kliff. Vox.  December 2, 2017. 

Cataract Surgery May Prolong Your Life

Cataract Surgery May Prolong Your Life by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  December 4, 2017. 

CVS And Aetna: Better Care Or Better Moneymaking?

CVS And Aetna Say Merger Will Improve Your Health Care.  Can They Deliver?  by Reed Abelson and Katie Thomas.  December 4, 2017. 

Type 2 Diabetes Is Not Forever; Weight Loss (Reduced Fat Inside Liver And Pancreas) Is Key

Type 2 Diabetes Is Not For Life.  Medical Xpress.  December 5, 2017. 

Monopoly Power In The Emergency Room

Emergency Rooms Are Monopolies.  Patients Pay The Price by Sarah Kliff.  December 4, 2017.